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Erdogan attends launch of Serbia-Bosnia highway work

(ANSA-AP) - BELGRADE, OCTOBER 8 - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged Bosnia's rival leaders to end a year-long political deadlock that has fueled tensions in the country. Erdogan spoke Tuesday after a joint meeting in Belgrade with th e three members of Bosnia's multi-ethnic presidency and Serbia' s President Aleksandar Vucic. On the second day of his visit to Serbia, Erdogan also attended a ceremony inaugurating a Turkish-financed highway that will link Belgrade with Bosnia's capital of Sarajevo. The highway is part of efforts to boost cooperation between the former wartime foes. Ankara has pledged 3 billion euros ($3.2 billion) of financing for the highway's construction. (ANSA-AP).